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Table 2 Patient’s characteristics

From: Medication challenges for patients with severe mental illness: experience and views of patients, caregivers and mental health care workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Informants

Frequency

Age (years)

 20–29

2

 30–39

1

 40–49

0

 50–59

0

 60 and above

1

Sex

 Male

2

 Female

2

Marital status

 Married

1

 Separated

1

 Divorced

0

 Single

2

 Cohabiting

0

Occupation

 Student

1

 Employed

0

 Retired

1

 Self employed

1

 Not employed

1

Diagnosis

 Bipolar disorders

2

 Schizophrenia

1

 Major depression

1

Years lived with mental illness

 6 months–2 years

1

 3–12 years

2

 13–22

0

 23–32

1

 33 and above

0